Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is shocking to hear that at a time when we needed real leadership to combat what was happening in the occupied territories our Government was not prepared to take a stand on this issue. I will again ask the panel about the stance of the EU because gross hypocrisy is going on. The EU and Israel have signed an energy infrastructure agreement, which will effectively lock in the occupied territories in terms of future trade. I appreciate what Mr. Lovatt said about the powerful lobbying the Israeli Government, or apartheid regime, has undertaken. However, if the EU is not going to deliver is there not a greater onus on the Irish Government to act at a national level, specifically, by supporting Senator Black's occupied territories Bill?